Office Space

Listen up, I work from home every.single.day by myself…with nobody to talk to… no reason to make myself look presentable in the morning…no lunching with co-workers or gabbing over a snack break…sounds appealing, huh? It’s hard, so hard that when I was given the opportunity to work in an actual office for the two months that we’re in Dallas this summer, I jumped with glee! You would be surprised what a few years of 8-5 isolation can do to a woman…


I’ve been in the office for two weeks now and it has been amazing!! I find myself enjoying the smallest, and usually aggravating, things that my co-workers ignore or drown out with iPods. People chatting, the girl next to me smacking on her cheetos (oh wait, that’s me), keyboards clicking….glorious evidence that there is life around me! See, I told you that isolation thing made me a little cooky…

Anyhow, aside from the obvious of seeing my co-workers everyday again, these are some of the reasons I especially enjoy being back in the office…

Meetings – Let me tell you, to actually be able to see who is talking on the other end of the phone is such a beautiful thing. No more straining to hear what’s being said by someone on the other side of the room… no more wondering what kind of reactions I’m getting from people when I’m talking…

Snack room – You know I love food, so you should have seen this coming :). We have one of the best snack rooms I have ever seen… EVER. It’s full of deliciousness and I avoid it like the plague until…

I grab the Cheetos – Now let me just say that they are the baked variety, and yes, I do recognize that there’s absolutely no ounce of nutrition in them, but they are so, so good… my guilty pleasure… an addiction I unsuccessfully attempt to kick to the curb every single day. I love my baked Cheetos and we have an abundance of them in that devilish snack room, and I’m pretty sure I’m the only one who eats them…

Big city ambiance – Windows border our office walls and the views are spectacular. West Texas is beautiful, but a city skyline is stunning to me..

A desk – While sitting on a couch every day sounds lovely, sitting at an actual work desk is far more appealing. I feel so much more professional and focused. Maybe it’s a cubicle and maybe nasty fluorescent lighting hovers from above, but still, I love it…

Music – The speakers in our bathroom boldly play the likes of Lady GaGa and Jay-Z. It always catches me off guard, but then I find myself dancing a little jig as I wash my hands and realize that it puts a smile on my face every time :)

For all of you who work in an office, bask in that fluorescent lighting and decorate those fabulous cubicle walls ;). Seriously, you are lucky… trust me!

xoxo